Bowie Knife Comments

MARK FLETCHER - 11/07/00 20:01:36
My Email:keeperofthesecrects@hotmail.com

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COOL BEANS!

cherylcollins - 10/31/00 04:54:44
My URL:bowieknife@geocities.com
My Email:charcoll@flepsis.net

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hi i have a bowie knife don't know what year it is all it says is jim bowie .reg.u.s.pat office hand made. looks real old .my husband found it stuck in a tree at lake summerville in texas about 25 or 30 years ago.i need to know where i could go find some hotos of bowie knives .if you can help please e-mail me thankyou very much . c. collins

cherylcollins - 10/31/00 04:53:10
My Email:charcoll@flepsis.net

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hi i have a bowie knife don't know what year it is all it says is jim bowie .reg.u.s.pat office hand made. looks real old .my husband found it stuck in a tree at lake summerville in texas about 25 or 30 years ago.i need to know where i could go find some hotos of bowie knives .if you can help please e-mail me thankyou very much . c. collins

vanfossen - 09/03/00 23:27:43
My Email:vanfossen@pdq.net

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Angus Campbell - 08/25/00 01:56:56
My Email:waterdown01@yahoo.com

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I have an antique western bowie, so i am told and i would like to find out it origin.

Jack Reed - 08/19/00 05:57:19
My Email:cutter1944@yahoo.com

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I have been interested in knives all my life and have made a few knives of all kinds and sizes but have liked Bowie knives the best I have always heard James Black made the first one I always wondred what happend to the knife after the fight at the Alamo br>
Frank Calhoun - 08/15/00 01:08:44
My Email:fcalhoun1 @excite.com

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I've been facinated by Bowie and the various incarnations of the "knife" for almost fourty years. I look forward to discoveries great and small on your website.

Joe Yeates - 08/11/00 22:43:45
My Email:joeyeates291@cs.com

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Iam a knife maker and my primary interest is in early American Bowie knives. Found your page very interesting. Mr Edmonson is about as knowlegeable on the Bowie as any man I know.

j r edmondson - 08/11/00 05:18:49
My Email:jredmond@hawkpci.net

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As the author of the booklet, "Mr. Bowie with a Knife" about the sandbar fight and the book, "The Alamo Story," I have done considerable research into James Bowie and Bowie knives. I am skeptical of Rezin's claim that he made the original knife. John J. Bowie, the oldest brother, and close family friend, Caiaphas Ham--who went to Texas with James and fought beside him in the San Saba Indian fight--both credited Lovell Snowden with the first bowie knife, the one used in the sandbar fight. Rezin's claim c me, conveniently, 2 years after the Alamo at a time when the Bowie knife was soaring in popularity. But who can say for sure?

allen - 08/11/00 00:35:06
My Email:arreynolds56 @hotmail

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I've always been interested in knives especially the Bowie

mulberry - 07/25/00 00:16:17
My Email:mulberry@mounet.com

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We are trying to deterime what year our Bowie knife was made.It's overall lenght is 13in. it's blade is 8in. long and is 1 1/2 in. at it's widest point.It has a stag horn handle. On one side it has G.C. Co. Solingen Germany and Original Bowie Knife on the other side it has the number 443.Any information would be appreciated. Thank-You Mulberry

George Jackson - 05/30/00 23:49:25
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Herold Eby - 05/24/00 05:52:57
My Email:spud_98104@yahoo.com

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According to some legends, the Bowie Knife made for Jim Bowie by James Black in Washington, Arkansas was balanced in such a way that if thrown in the proper manner, it would make one complete turn for every thirty feet of travel.

Ken Bowie - 05/23/00 16:41:42

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According to Mims the original knife was given to the husband of one of the Bowie sisters and lost it while swimming on an expidtion. He apparently assemble a party and made an extensive search for the knife in the waters where it was lost, but it was no found.

Ken Bowie - 05/23/00 16:38:39
My Email:kenb@chemtreat.com

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"Trail of the Bowie Knife" by Sam Mims is a good book about Bowie and the knife. Unfortunately, I believe it's out of print.

Herold Eby - 05/06/00 03:59:48
My Email:spud_98104@yahoo.com

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I have always been intrigued by the mystery of whatever happened to Jim Bowie's knife after the fall of the Alamo, and what it actually looked like. I hope, one day, this mystery will be solved.

Mr.B - 04/25/00 16:41:54
My Email:gets2me@hotmail.com

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I had heard that Jim Bowie often received credit for what his brother did, the invention of the "Bowie" knife.....although Walt Disney gives credit via Davy Crockett to Colonel Jim Bowie. Mr. B/Fifth Grade teacher

D.V. Nave - 02/12/00 04:29:43
My URL:hjnave@CS.com
My Email:same as above

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Keep the history and spirit alive!

- 01/15/00 16:20:03

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Gene Edwards - 01/10/00 06:02:38
My Email:edwards.walter@worldnet.att.net

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I purchased a bowie knife in 1956, Rosewell,NM. The knife was made by Ruana. The number stamped on the knife is 39b. The knife is 15.25 in. long and the blade is 9.75 in. long. If anyone has any history on this knife please e-mail me. Thanks

Wayne Gow - 01/10/00 03:11:59
My Email:wlgow@golden.net

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I am relatively new at knives and knife collecting but seem to be quite intrigued by the Legend of James Bowie and what happened at the Sandbar Fight!

michael pierce - 12/17/99 04:37:16
My Email:no1law@ev1.net

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Just interested in the hero's of the Alamo.

Really cool kid - 12/02/99 21:15:35

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Greg - 11/23/99 21:43:51
My Email:gls90tes@aol.com

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I am looking for information on the knife I have. It was made in Soligan, Germany and it has "Orignal Bowie Knife" stamped on it. Any information would be helpful. it is in very good shape. Thanks for this site, Greg

Debbie Bynog - 11/17/99 03:48:35
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My Email:trucks@gulftel.com

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rod clifft - 11/06/99 20:44:49
My Email:rclifft@yahoo.com

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i found the information very interesting,being of the same surname as the blacksmith. best regards...rod clifft.

sam nix - 11/03/99 19:32:02
My Email:alnix@earthlink.net

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- 11/02/99 04:23:46

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thanks

Elizabeth Bowie - 11/02/99 02:18:03
My Email:ebowie@gateway.com

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Hi, I'm Elizabeth Bowie and I was researcing info.on my reletive Jim Bowie when I found your great website. Thanks for all the help. Liz P.S Please e-mail me if you discover anything interseting.

R.G.Lussier - 10/26/99 15:05:34
My Email:froghollow@skywizard.com

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Very nice,Thank you.

peter jeff - 10/24/99 15:30:44
My Email:peter.jeff@talk21.com

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Hi im from south london england, And i have always been interested in james bowie, And the famous bowie knife, and now i am trying to do something about it.

Tom Howard - 09/27/99 22:25:18
My Email:tomhow@gateway.net

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I have viewed parts of your site and have not seen a description with reference to dimensions. Is it possible to forward this information or to put me in contact with someone who knows? My favorite "legend" is that when the knife was thrown, it followed a certain pattern of flight, referring to the number of turns before making contact with a target. Thank You, Tom Howard

- 09/27/99 04:52:26

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David - 09/24/99 06:57:21
My Email:Mustang7@abilene.com

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Hi, I'm looking for the map with a tree with 5 hash marks on it. any help would be greatly appreciated. mustang7@abilene.com

John / Holland - 09/16/99 18:27:44
My Email:navajo@hetnet.nl

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Very interesting

C.Stackhouse - 08/26/99 00:03:30
My Email:Buff@nb.sympatico.ca

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Hi I live in Canada(EastCoast) Years ago my Mother found Two old knives in a barn.I have one of them the other was lost. On the blade is stamped "Original Bowie Knife"with # 37hsi.also stamped on the leather case is made in Germany??? Can you give me some info about this knife?Thanks C.Stackhouse

dewayne stoner - 05/01/99 16:50:08
My Email:stoney_50208@yahoo.com

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my mother is a bowie and i was just looking for a connection to the family

Dwight McLemore - 04/16/99 13:47:15
My Email:mclemord@monroe.army.mil

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Well, did not know this site was out there. I've been a Bowie Knife fan since I was a kid in Monroe,Louisiana. In addition to my work as a Safety/Occupational Health Specialist here w/U.S. Army TRADOC, I also run the martial arts school- The School of Two Swords. Guess what one of my on-going classes teach...That's right Basic Bowie Knife. We use a lot of James Keating's (COMTECH INC)and Hoch Hochheim's (American Knife Congress) teaching materials. Finally got myself a Randall Thorpe B wie. Love it. Having one hell of a time finding a copy of Thorpe's Book The Bowie Knife Again...Enjoyed your site Best Mac.

Casimir W. Grys - 03/05/99 00:04:37
My Email:casdeb@earthlink.net

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Thank you for helping to keep the hero/legend alive. I have been in awe of James Bowie since my childhood, way back in the '50. I am a knife collector partly because of him. Cas

Derek Kapala - 02/12/99 23:24:25
My Email:kapala@xcelco.on.ca

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interesting site as my son wants to purchase a replica

ross mcbride - 02/05/99 01:37:54

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this site was great. i got all the info i needed.

John P. Barrett - 01/30/99 19:31:23
My Email:bknife@stc.net

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I am looking for a copy of "James Bowie and His Knife:In Fact and Fiction" by:Edward Gay Rohrbough, c:1940. This is the book and NOT his thesis. I have the knife but I need this book for the final proof. Thank you for your help...John Barrett.

greg morton - 01/27/99 06:36:09
My Email:brendah5@netins.net

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Hi From a Bowie Collector.

Sim C. Callon, Jr. - 01/08/99 01:32:29
My Email:scallon@iamerica.net

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Jean-S�bastien Leduc - 12/29/98 05:15:44
My Email:affroking@hotmail.com

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The finest blade ever seen.

Gary Winborne - 12/26/98 02:28:33
My Email:winborne@iamerica.net

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Very informative, giving me information that I wanted to know. Thanks

zachary ivy - 12/11/98 22:41:43
My URL:http://czivy

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I thank you for making this web page . It has realy helped me on my reaserch paper

Renee Kelleher - 11/08/98 01:45:25
My URL:http://www.francieweb.com/cheneyville/

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Very interesting site; I enjoyed reading about Jim Bowie.

boris rossi - 10/28/98 11:17:28
My Email:boro@letizia.it

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chiedo cortesemente di ricevere informazioni riguardo libri in italiano/inglese che trattino di James Bowie grazie boris

james forchelli - 10/06/98 16:09:34
My Email:scorpi1949@aol.com

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- 10/05/98 05:06:03

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R. Briggs - 06/29/98 13:43:16

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Hi--I got to this page after reading William C. Davis' Three Roads to the Alamo. Of the three (Crockett's, Travis' and Bowie's) I found Bowie's the most fascinating by far: slave-smuggling, questionable land-deals and much other Old SW stuff prior to th sandbar fight. No real personal connections, though, other than some Mississippi-Louisiana relations and a brother-in-law who collects knives. Love your page and will follow your links.

R. Briggs - 06/29/98 13:42:37

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Interesting page. Was always interested in knives and became quite accomplished at knife and hatchet throwing when growing up. I checked your page while looking into Natchez because I am familiar with the Bowie knife as important to the fronteer movement f the settlers. I wanted to know if the statue of my hero, Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest on a horse is still in the downtown Natchez park? Would you know the name of the park and also if there is or was a Mayflower Hotel downtown. Have fun always. John W. W llmott at 1043 EST in West Palm Beach, FL

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